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#1 Quiz 15 Easy Verbal Questions
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#1 Quiz 15 Easy Verbal Questions
Q #1
In interviews, despots are often surprisingly (i) ___________; this helps to explain how seemingly awful people are able to command so many followers.
| Blank (i) |
|---|
| A. malign |
| B. indignant |
| C. forgiving | D. personable | E. munificent |
Q #2
Potentially insightful and powerful analytical tools, the new electronic databases used to drive corporate planning often lead to (i)_______________ hypotheses, chiefly, in quantitative science and finance, areas in which inventive solutions achieved in the past by more traditional means have been highly (ii)_______________.
| Blank (i) | Blank (ii) |
| (A) creditable | (D) suspect |
| (B) cogent | (E) adequate |
| (C) inelegant | (F) efficacious |
Q #3
For an artist of such circumscribed talent, Mario was given ____________ attention, many connoisseurs ____________ over works that warranted nothing more than a(n) ____________ glance.
| Blank (i) | Blank (ii) | Blank (iii) |
| (A) scant | (D) poring | (G) derisive |
| (B) sporadic | (E) passing | (H) cursory |
| (C) scrupulous | (F) faltering | (I) tentative |
Q #4
When it comes to an organism’s internal environment, even small _____(i)_____ can be lethal but - by virtue of having the capacity to maintain such _____(ii)_____ internal horizons - life ____(iii)_____ through wide variations in the external environment.
| Blank (i) | Blank (ii) | Blank (iii) |
| A. deviations | D. critical | G. preserves |
| B. perversions | E. narrow | H. stumbles |
| C. changes | F. intransigent | I. perseveres |
Q #5/6/7/8
Simone de Beauvoir's work greatly influenced Betty Friedan's—indeed, made it possible. Why, then, was it Friedan who became the prophet of women's emancipation in the United States? Political conditions, as well as a certain anti-intellectual bias, prepared Americans and the American media to better receive Friedan's deradicalized and highly pragmatic The Feminine Mystique, published in 1963, than Beauvoir's theoretical reading of women's situation in The Second Sex. In 1953 when The Second Sex first appeared in translation in the United States, the country had entered the silent, fearful fortress of the anti-communist McCarthy years (1950-1954), and Beauvoir was suspected of Marxist sympathies. Even The Nation, a generally liberal magazine, warned its readers against "certain political leanings" of the author. Open acknowledgment of the existence of women's oppression was too radical for the United States in the fifties, and Beauvoir's conclusion, that change in women's economic condition, though insufficient by itself, "remains the basic factor" in improving women's situation, was particularly unacceptable.
24. According to the passage, one difference between The Feminine Mystique and The Second Sex is that Friedan's book
(A) rejects the idea that women are oppressed
(B) provides a primarily theoretical analysis of women's lives
(C) does not reflect the political beliefs of its author
(D) suggests that women's economic condition has no impact on their status
(E) concentrates on the practical aspects of the question of women's emancipation
25. The author quotes from The Nation most probably in order to
(A) modify an earlier assertion
(B) point out a possible exception to her argument
(C) illustrate her central point
(D) clarify the meaning of a term
(E) cite an expert opinion
26. It can be inferred from the passage that which of the following is not a factor in the explanation of why The Feminine Mystique was received more positively in the United States than was The Second Sex?
(A) By 1963 political conditions in the United States had changed.
(B) Friedan's book was less intellectual and abstract than Beauvoir's.
(C) Readers did not recognize the powerful influence of Beauvoir's book on Friedan's ideas.
(D) Friedan's approach to the issue of women's emancipation was less radical than Beau-voir's.
(E) American readers were more willing to consider the problem of the oppression of women in the sixties than they had been in the fifties.
27. According to the passage, Beauvoir's book asserted that the status of women
(A) is the outcome of political oppression
(B) is inherently tied to their economic condition
(C) can be best improved under a communist government
(D) is a theoretical, rather than a pragmatic, issue
(E) is a critical area of discussion in Marxist economic theory
(A) rejects the idea that women are oppressed
(B) provides a primarily theoretical analysis of women's lives
(C) does not reflect the political beliefs of its author
(D) suggests that women's economic condition has no impact on their status
(E) concentrates on the practical aspects of the question of women's emancipation
Show: :: OA
E
25. The author quotes from The Nation most probably in order to
(A) modify an earlier assertion
(B) point out a possible exception to her argument
(C) illustrate her central point
(D) clarify the meaning of a term
(E) cite an expert opinion
Show: :: OA
C
26. It can be inferred from the passage that which of the following is not a factor in the explanation of why The Feminine Mystique was received more positively in the United States than was The Second Sex?
(A) By 1963 political conditions in the United States had changed.
(B) Friedan's book was less intellectual and abstract than Beauvoir's.
(C) Readers did not recognize the powerful influence of Beauvoir's book on Friedan's ideas.
(D) Friedan's approach to the issue of women's emancipation was less radical than Beau-voir's.
(E) American readers were more willing to consider the problem of the oppression of women in the sixties than they had been in the fifties.
Show: :: OA
C
27. According to the passage, Beauvoir's book asserted that the status of women
(A) is the outcome of political oppression
(B) is inherently tied to their economic condition
(C) can be best improved under a communist government
(D) is a theoretical, rather than a pragmatic, issue
(E) is a critical area of discussion in Marxist economic theory
Show: :: OA
B
Q #9
The doctor’s real mistake, from the perspective of his _______ professional friends who quickly jilted him, was not that his choice of treatment was inappropriate, but rather that it was viscerally objectionable to the medical establishment.
| Two Answers |
|---|
| A. squeamish |
| B. fickle |
| C. staunch | D. inconstant | E. orthodox |
| F. stodgy |
Q #10
America's first spy, Nathan Hale, was captured by the British when he attempted to ________ British - controlled New York City to track enemy troop movements.
| Two Answers |
|---|
| A thwart |
| B penetrate |
| C infiltrate | D permeate | E research |
| F conquer |
Q #11
The proposed measure to__________ the management team’s plans to move the company toward a more environmentally conscious posture is likely to be rejected by the board; ever since Rodriguez assumed the role of board president last year, the board has demonstrated a particular bent for progressive action.
| Two Answers |
|---|
| A. alter |
| B. scotch |
| C. back | D. foil | E. fund |
| F. endorse |
Q #12
Cora was not known for her reticence; regardless, she only ___________ acquiesced to calls to speak at the conference.
| Two Answers |
|---|
| jejunely |
| exuberantly |
| willfully | grudgingly | candidly |
| timidly |
Q #13
A table made entirely from the trunk of a tree said to have lived 1,000 years was recently claimed to be made from that of a much younger tree. In order to rebut this charge, the craftsman summoned a team of dendrochronologists to prove that the tree lived to be at least 1,000 years old. Dendrochronology, or the technique of using tree rings to date wood, is based on the fact that for each passing year a tree develops exactly one ring, as seen in a horizontal cross-section of the trunk. Given that dendrochronology is accurate for trees that lived less than 2,000 total years, the dendrochronologists will be able to determine whether the work comes from a tree that lived to be at least 1,000 years old.
Which of the following is an assumption that the argument makes?
A. The craftsman has not used the trunk of the same tree in other works of art he has produced.
B. The tree was not less than 1,000 years old when it was cut down.
C. The craftsman worked on the wood consistently, without taking breaks of more than one year.
D. The wood used in the table is large enough to contain a span of 1,000 tree rings.
E. Dendrochronology has shown to be inaccurate for the oldest trees in the world, since parts of the trunks are so worn down that traces of tree rings are difficult to discern.
Q #14/15
Fossil bones of the huge herbivorous dinosaurs known as sauropods were first discovered and studied between 1840 and 1880, providing evidence for the gargantuan dimensions of the adults. The shape of sauropod teeth suggested what they ate. But aside from trackways, or series of fossilized footprints — which established that sauropods at least occasionally lived in herds — fossils incorporating direct evidence of other behavior, such as reproductive behavior, have been almost nonexistent. Because no modern land animals even approach sauropod size, scientists have also lacked a living analogue to use as a guide to possible sauropod behavior. Until the recent discovery of fossilized sauropod nesting grounds, scientists were thus uncertain whether sauropods laid eggs or gave birth to live young.
Consider each of the choices and indicate all that apply
9. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage regarding the evidence provided by sauropod teeth?
A The teeth allow inferences to be made about sauropod social behavior.
B The shape of the teeth indicates that sauropods were herbivorous.
C The teeth have no resemblance to those of any modern land animal.
Consider each of the choices and indicate all that apply
10. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage regarding the recently discovered fossilized sauropod nesting grounds?
A They are among the few fossils incorporating direct evidence of sauropod behavior.
B They confirm the evidence provided by trackways about sauropod behavior.
C They have forced a reevaluation of theories regarding the nature of sauropod herd behavior.
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